﻿This Retallack_readme.txt file was generated on 2020-09-03 by Gabriele Hayden and Gregory Retallack.
Supplementary information for “Zebra rock and other Ediacaran paleosols from Western Australia” by G. J. Retallack, 2020, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences



GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Supplementary information for “Zebra rock and other Ediacaran paleosols from Western Australia” by G. J. Retallack, 2020, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

2. Author Information
Gregory Retallack
Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Oregon
E-mail: gregr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4558
Office: 310G Cascade Hall

3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): summeer of 2019:

4. Geographic location of data collection: northwestern Western Australia South east and southwest of Kununurra, Western Australia 

5. Acknowledgments of those who supported the collection of the data: Brian and Jo Fennell generously provided illustrations and slabs of Snappy Gum Ridge zebra rock, and access to their quarry on Donkey Creek. Ruth Duncan generously offered a tour of the Duncan Road quarry, and permission to collect there

SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: public domain

2. Publicly accessible link to the data: 

3. Was data derived from another source? no
	A. If yes, list source(s): 

4. Recommended citation for this dataset: Retallack, G.J., 2020, Zebra rock and other Ediacaran paleosols from Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, supplementary information


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
TableS1.csv
TableS2.csv
TableS3.csv
TableS4.csv
TableS5.csv

2. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no
	A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: 
		i. Why was the file updated? 
		ii. When was the file updated? 


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Table S1 is major element chemical analyses of rock samples by x-ray fluroescnece from ALS Chemex Laboratory in North Vancouver Canada, with errors from replicate analyses and bulk density from oaraffin coated clods. 
Table S2 is trace element analysis of rock by inductively-coupled plasma emision spectrometry by ALS Chemx of North Vancouver, Canada. 
Tables S3-S4 are mineral and grain size compositions of rocks by point counting petrographic thin sections. 

2. Methods for processing the data: These are raw unprocessed observations

3. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Gregory J. Retallack

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: 

Table S1 rows are for pedotypes and sample numbers, except for last row giving experimental error, and columns left to right are pedotype, sample number, SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, FeO, CaO, MgO, Na2O, K2O, MnO, P2O5, Sro, BaO, Los on ignition, Total, and bulk density in g/cc.
Table S2 rows are for pedotypes and sample numbers, and columns left to right are for pedotypes, sample number, and for trace elements La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Cd, Td, Ty, Y, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Ba, Sr, Zr
Table S3 rows are for pedotypes and sample numbers, and columns left to right are for peotype, soil horizon, sample, % sand, % silt, % clay, textural class and plasmic fabric 
Table S4 rows are for pedotypes and sample numbers, and columns left to right are for peotype, soil horizon, sample, % clay, % dolomite, % rock fragments, % feldspar, % mica, % quartz, % opaque minerals
